I’m sitting in Carole Boulette’s kitchen. Dishes line the counter next to the sink. There’s a small bag of cat food in one corner, and a large yellow sign on the wall that reads, “Beware of cat.” Carole sits in a chair next to me. I’ve told her beforehand that we were going to talk...
How does an organization like *culture is not optional measure the success of an event like Future Fest? Is it successful if we make a bunch of money that we can pour back into the school? Is it successful if we get big numbers and meet lots of people? Is it successful if we make...
Feast your eyes! This year's Future Festival features a gourmet collection of colorful art pieces in and around The Huss Project. We've worked really hard to bring the creative spirit of The Huss Project to life through our hand-painted signs and in the artwork that have been created at Huss. Come check out our funky,...
Wondering what to do with all the small change sliding around on the floor of your car? With the nickels and dimes cluttering your dresser or the collection of pennies between couch cushions? This Saturday from 12-4:00 p.m. at the Huss Future Festival, we’re putting loose change to good use at the first ever Coin...
What would a festival be without a day full of music? We can't have one without it, and so we've lined up an entire day of live music to accompany your adventures, coin carnival-ing, and art buying, and we have some excellent performers ready to lull you into audio bliss. Check out the set list...
For the second year, we're hosting Family Fun Nights once a week at the Huss Project! We have been blessed with much more rain this year than we had last year and that's been wonderful -- especially for the Garden. But it also has meant that most of our Family Fun Nights have had to move indoors....
Local artist Gail Walters became involved with *culture is not optional and The Huss Project four years ago when Rob and Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma approached the Three Rivers Artists Guild to participate in the 2010 Huss Future Festival. Since then, she has made Huss School a second home for her artistic pursuits, renting out a...
During last Friday's workday, *cino interns (like Chelsea, above) and staff prepared the old Kindergarten Room for a Storytelling Night that evening. The room has come along way in the last year; the drop ceiling is entirely gone, which makes the space feel so much more open! But the biggest, most exciting work in recent...
In less than a month, The Huss Project will host our Fourth Annual Future Festival! Last year we had a great variety of art vendors (as seen above). We had everything from felt mushrooms sewn by Emily Ulmer to paintings of vegetables by Larry-Michael Hackenberg to graffiti of sea creatures on records by Thomas Brothers. This...
Costa Rica is a beautiful land to come from, filled with life teeming in its forests and in its water. I am fortunate to belong to this soil. I am blessed to live amongst the colors of Latin America, and to dance with its people. To leave this sanctuary and come to the United States...
